Tag: Gulf oil spill

We understand why Floridians would want to boycott BP, particularly after BP Chairman Tony Hayward’s performance Thursday before Congress. Given his prior attempts to conceal and downplay the magnitude of the spill, it’s no surprise …

George LeMieux once was Gov. Crist’s closest political friend. Mr. LeMieux was then-Attorney General Crist’s chief of staff, and ran the governor’s campaign in 2006. When Gov. Crist needed a placeholder for the U.S. Senate …

Jim Smith is a former Florida attorney general appointed by Gov. Charlie Crist to a panel that is supposed to ensure BP is held responsible for legal claims by the state and residents who get hurt by the company’s horrendous oil spill. Bob Butterworth, another former attorney general, also is a member of the group.

But it’s a little troubling that Mr. Smith used to be a lobbyist for BP about …

It’s great to look on the sunny side of life, but are Florida officials taking it too far? Emergency officials say oil from the Deepwater Horizon explosion and underwater gusher might not be devastating to …